Murder on the Fly, the second installment of the “Riley the Exterminator” mystery series, is available for pre-ordering at pen-l.com/MurderOnTheFly.html.  In addition to trying to provide reade...

          In Poisoned Justice, I used a murder mystery to walk the line between vengeance and justice—a most difficult philosophical problem.  One can read the book without worrying too much about w...

          With Valentine’s Day around the corner, you might not be associating romantic love with crime noir.  A reader of POISONED JUSTICE wrote to me saying that Riley—the (...

Looking for the perfect gift for the lover of mystery, mayhem and maggots?  Poisoned Justice was released yesterday!  It’s available for sale directly through the publisher http://www.pen-l.com/PoisonedJustice.html(the w...

         According to Thomas Edison, “Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.”  And in my experience writing is about 10% drafting and 90% revising.  What I didn’t fully appreciate was how much redoing and undoing goes into art—or at least...

In December, I snuck away for a long weekend in San Francisco to research settings for my next book in the Riley Mystery series.  Having begun my writing life in non-fiction, I feel compelled to experience a place where I’m going to have action unfold.  I could make up...